The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-24
Baseball Notes.

The enforcement of the Sunday law cost the
Brooklyns 50. 000las Sunday.
Pittsburg is counting on winning four out of
the first two series, two each from Detroit and
Chicago.
Osborne, a candidate for the Yale nine, will
be unable to play again this year, on account of
trouble with his knee.
The University of Pennsylvania men consider
the Williams boys the finest set of college men
they ever played with.
President Soden is delighted with the showing
the Bostons made while away. He says they
went way ahead of his expectations.
The Boston law is very stringent against pool
selling, but several establishments are in full
blast and are doing lively business.
Dunlap, who is said to be the greatest second
baseman the diamond is the highest priced
player in the Detroit Club. he gets 81, 500 for
the season.
Sullivan, one of Chicago's new men, has been
doing we'll lately with the stick that Captain
Arson Is thinking Of putting him at the head Of
the batting list
The Yales complain greatly Of the rafting and
yelling process used to break them up while in
Washin gton. They claim that they would have
won but for this treatment.
1t is estimated that the attendance Mt the
games in Boston this year will be fully 80 per
cent larger than what it was last season. The
interest is even much greater.
Ross Barnes. who ranked at one time as the
merchant in Chicago. Ill.,, and recently ad-
mitted to membership in its Board of Trade.
Base ball must be a ble business when
club can afford TO pay enough players to make
up three Whole mines. The New York club, ts
second nine and its reserve nine each played
game yesterday.
The University of Pennsylvania nine has made
it very uncomfortable for every college nine that
has visited it's grounds thus far. They have twice
defeated the Amhersts and Williams and
tied the Princetons
Reipschlager, of the Cleveland club. in recent
game made the following record: Two home
runs, triple, double and SINGLE one man
caught off first, two caught at second and one at
third, and not passed ball
James jackson. having severed his connection
with the Springfield, Mass. club on account of
| lack of financial backing, has transferred his
| team to Lockport, n. Y, where professional
| baseball will be inaugurated this season.
| A further interchange of players between the
| METROPOLITAN and Cleveland clubs will occur in
few days. Ryan. pitcher, and Sommers catcher
| of the Metropoltans. will be given to Cleveland
| in exchange for the veteran catcher Snyder
! Ramsey. of the Louisville club, promises to
| make another record as strike-out pitcher this
| season. So far this year he has been unusually
effective in making batters fan the wind four
times IN succession every time they go to the bat
In the Association games last week the Ath-
letics lost out of 3: the Cleyelands the games
| they played, and the Metropoli,ans their j the
| Louisvilles won and lost 2; the St. Louis won
out of 3; the Baltimores ana Cincinnatis each,
| and the Brookiyns
/ There are prospects of a lively war between thu
| Philadelphia and Athletic clubs in Philadelphia
! TIE series of games between the clubs had an
unsatisfactory conclusion and started the trouble.
| The proposed New York Athletic match made
the eruption wider. The New York, Brooklyn
| and Metropolitan clubs may be tangled up in the
mess before long The two Quaker clubs are
| also fighting over their grounds
II the rule Of scoring bases on balls as base
hits be carried through the entire season. the
| 300 per cent batters will become quite common
before October. The system will increase .he
general batting about 40 per cent, that a
| player whose record last season was 300 per
cent. should roll it up this year to .420 per cent
| while the leader ought to bring up somewhere in
the .500s or may get to 600. No player should
come below .250 per cent
In the series of games played this spring be-
| tween the League and Association clubs the In
| dianapolis players "a runs 20 81 for their
| opponents, the Philadelphias 70 to SO for the
| Athletics. the Chicagos SO to 46 for the St Louis
team. the Bostons 80 to 81 for their opponents,
| the WashIngtons to 6 for the Baltimores. the
| Detroits 81 to II for the Louisviles. the New
! Yorks Is to for the Metropolitaus. The
| League scored 296 runs to 270 for the Associa-
tion teams
It's rumored in baseball circles that lively
correspondents is being carried on between the
managers of the League and American Associa-
ton about the rules Many of the changes
have not met with favor. and most
of the basel ball rulers hold that partial
change from the present code would be desirable.
1t is though. that the rule creditnR batter with
base hit when he is sent to first base on called